Memory is at the Heart of Patti Callahan Henry’s The Favorite Daughter
By Patti Callahan Henry If ever the past of an author and the future of a book have collided, it is here in The Favorite Daughter. I have long been fascinated with
By Patti Callahan Henry If ever the past of an author and the future of a book have collided, it is here in The Favorite Daughter. I have long been fascinated with
By Cassandra Farren Dementia is soul-destroying. Not only for the person who is diagnosed, but for anyone who loves and cares about them. I have been told many times that I have
This memoir also allowed for the interweaving of family history, a fleshing out of characters, and a means of affirming through narration the individual’s continuing worth, untainted by the loss of physical
By Paula Sarver Mom has Alzheimer’s. It’s one thing to say it, but another to live it and understand it. In 2014, after placing Mom in a memory care facility, I found
By Senia Owensby Dementia was not even on our radar. When my sister and I found ourselves devoting extra time and energy into caring for Mama and Daddy, we simply assumed that
By Lorrie Beauchamp I leaped into caregiving for my parents with all the confidence and swagger of an entrepreneur, and was quickly brought to my knees by the reality of Alzheimer’s. What
Finishing Well By Linda Brendle Several years ago I wrote A Long and Winding Road, the story of the hilarity and chaos that happened when my husband and I took Mom and Dad,
By Julie Gorges I’m Your Daughter, Julie: Caring for a Parent with Dementia is the fourth book I’ve had published, but the one that I’m most proud of – dedicated to my
By Eleanor Cooney In the third grade, I was kicked out of show-and-tell for three weeks. I told a story that the teacher, Mrs. Fitz, had specifically asked me not to tell.
Stumped Town Dementia: Punching Dementia in the face one day at a time. By Lickety Glitz I started… … to worry that Mom’s behavior wasn’t old age quirky-ness, but possibly a much
